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' v@nimh gisten @anni @Hita ISAAC RQRABAGK, OF SOUTH` BEND, INDIANA. Letters Patent No. 67,807, dated August 13, 1867.

IMPROVED BREAST-STRAP SLIDE.

TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CON CERN:

' Be it known'thet I, ISAAC RORABACK, of South `Bendin the county of St. Joseph, andv inthe Stateof Indiana, have Yinvented certain new and useful improvements ine Breast-Strap Slidesf" and do hereby declare thatth'e following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying-drawings and to the letters of" reference marked thereon.A

In the annexed drawinggmakin'g part of this specification, A represents the slide, which consists ot a.

Vconceive-convex castmetallie plate This plate has cast upon its concave side an a-rm, B, snd'two jews c c,

vsaid straps.

between whchjaws is pivotedreI tongue, d'. Asprin'g is pla'ced under the pivoted end of' tongue d,`which throws itup against thear'mB, the two serving to form a snap-joint. Upon the convex side ofthe slide is cast o. broad groove,rsaid groove being covered at its ends by a loop .or keeper.

l In using this slide the convex side is the under side'. Astrap is passed under the loops, and lies in the groove on theunder side of the slide. `Snap-hooks are secured to each endof` the strap,-a.nd these hooks are caughtjin the vrings onthe hautes. The-neek-yoke ring` at the end of" 'the breast-chain is passed-` overv the slide, and the tongue d being pressed down,isaid ring is caught and held on -the concave side of the slide'. The slide A` shifts or slides upon the strap as the motion of the horse may require it. The strap which passes around the slide A is provided at its ends with metallic loops zt which are pvoted, and confine the snap-hooks to Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire-'to secure by'Iietters Patent, is- The curved slide A, when provided with its armB, jaws c e, and tongue 2L-with its spring'as and forl the purposes specied. i l' In' testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand .this 18th day'of l[ a.reh,'1867.'v

' i ISAAC R'ORABAGKl Witnesses:

JAMES VDsvrs, GEORGE GEORGE.v 

